Welcome to the 2023 Changemakers Weekly Digest!
Charleston’s convenient source for the latest Lowcountry nonprofit & grassroots
news, perspectives, ideas, events, resources and more…
Please keep sharing your events, ideas and resources via the “CONTACT US” link on CharlestonGood.com
or via email anytime: charlestongood@gmail.com
#GoodNews – local nonprofit & grassroots headlines
- Charleston honors hundreds of lives lost to traffic accidents in recent years
- Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Preparing Vision for the New Year
- One80 Place raises $88K & collects 136 turkeys during donation drive
- After decades of turmoil, how did North Charleston shelter sidestep scrutiny for so long?
- WATCH: Hood Ball, a short film
- Join Lowcountry Food Bank this GivingTuesday for our largest matching gift challenge of the year
- Ex-Charleston Co. School Board Chair talks superintendent’s hiring, departure
- The fentanyl scourge: Overdoses are ripping apart lives
- Established in 1953, Fair Deal Grocery debuts new look and menu in Charleston’s East Side
- Volunteers make sure Lowcountry locals have a Thanksgiving meal
- CCPL Receives Donation from Food Lion Feeds Charitable Foundation
- Artist tied to Charleston’s IAAM and Phillips Community featured at Venice Biennale
For Lowcountry environmental news & resources,
check out our partners at GrowPurpose.com
#GoodEvents – a few featured upcoming nonprofit events
- NOV 27: PLASTICS: Solutions to Deadly, Unjust Threats to Health and Climate” (virtual)
- NOV 29: Fashion For A Cause
- NOV 29: PechaKucha 44
- NOV 30: Be a Mentor Gala
- DEC 1: 2023 Light the Lake
- DEC 1: Manufactured Wire Reef Construction with SCDNR
- DEC 2: BIG Lowcountry Boil
- DEC 3: Sip and Shuck: An Oyster Roast and Bourbon Tasting
- DEC 7: Sierra Club Winter Picnic and Holiday Party!
- DEC 7: Community Constellations — Online Gathering
For our most up-to-date curated event listings,
check out our COMMUNITY CALENDAR
#GoodStuff – interesting articles and resources from around the web
- A lasting peace in Gaza is now within reach – here’s how it can be achieved
- Nonprofit AF: Asymmetric Expectation of Gratitude: What it is, and why it’s harmful to our work
- Teaching Race in Arizona
- Can We Imagine a World Without Work?
- REPORT: Do Biomaterials Break Down in Natural Environments
LOWCOUNTRY #GrabBag – a rotating sampling of local resources
FEATURED RESOURCE HUBS AT CHARLESTONGOOD.COM…
#CHSvolunteers
Find local organizations actively seeking volunteers
#GoodGrants
Check out the latest grant opportunities and other grants resources
#GoodJobs
Browse recent nonprofit job openings as well as other local employment resources
#GrassrootsGuide
Connect with over 640 local nonprofit organizations in our unique Lowcountry directory
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR
Individuals | Organizations
#GoodBooks – Newly featured in Charleston Good’s Bookshop
Practical Radicals: Seven Strategies to Change the World
Deepak Bhargava (Author) Stephanie Luce (Author)
“We now face an authoritarian coalition that is ruthless and strategic. Organizers must bring more rigor, depth, and a spirit of experimentation to our strategies if we are to prevail. This crucial book is for everyone who cares about the future of racial, gender, and economic justice and the future of democracy.” –Dorian Warren, president of Community Change
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